Srebrenica - Interview with Joris Voorhoeve
On 11 July 1995, the Bosnian Serb general Mladic captured the Srebrenica enclave, where 40,000 refugees were living, and which had been declared a ‘safe area’ by the UN. Thousands of Bosnian men were killed.
Tonight, Joris Voorhoeve, Minister of Defence at that time, discusses questions like: Could this genocide have been prevented and how? What was the role of the UN, of the Netherlands and of the allies? Have we learned lessons from this failure? How can the international community protect civilians in times of war?
Voorhoeve does not avoid the most painful questions, even the most painful for himself.
Information on the speakers
Joris voorhoeve, former Minister of Defence during the fall of Srebrenica and author of Veilige gebieden (Safe areas)
Voorhoeve was also Professor of international relations, chairman of the political party VVD, Director of the Clingendael Institute and a member of the Council of State.
Interviewer
Hans Moleman, freelance journalist, former correspondent of the Volkskrant in South Africa and China
